“We Deal In Very Serious Subject Matters”: George Clooney Said He Doesn’t Want His 7-Year-Old Twins To Be Photographed Because Of “Serious Bad Guys”

For decades, we’ve known George Clooney as a movie star. But, in the past few years, we’ve learned more about him as a father.

In 2017, George and his wife, lawyer and human rights activist Amal Clooney , welcomed twins Alexander and Ella .

Despite being known worldwide, George and Amal are incredibly private, so it’s hardly surprising that we haven’t ever seen much of the twins, who turned 7 in June.

And now, in a joint interview with Brad Pitt for GQ , George has opened up about why it’s so important to him and Amal to protect Ella and Alexander’s privacy as much as possible.

“A lot of people — even who reach a fairly high level of fame — find a way to be able to kind of live a normal life, walk around the streets of New York without being followed and stuff like that,” George said in response to a question about navigating celebrity. “And there’s, I dunno, five or six of us where it’s just never subsided.”

Given his fame and the amount of scrutiny he has faced, George said he feels a huge responsibility to distance his children from the public eye and prevent photographs of them circulating online.

Brad and George also agreed that they will sometimes “avoid going to the hospital with something that you would normally go to the hospital for” out of fear that the trip might generate “headlines.”

Of course, George and Amal aren't the first famous parents to go to great lengths to avoid having their children photographed. Other A-list couples, including Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes , as well as Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds , have talked openly in the past about keeping their kids’ faces hidden from the public.

You can read George and Brad’s full GQ interview here .

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